Key case



INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY;

c. LORBER y July 16, .1929.

KEY CASE Filed March '7, 1927 einer KEY CASE.

Appli-cation filed March 7, 1927'. Serial No. 173,308.l

This invention relates to key cases and has special reference to a key case of the type in tended for carrying keys inthe pocket ot the user. v

One important object of the invention is to provide an improved means 'for suspending the keys in such a key ease wherein `a novel arrangement oit' swiveling key hook will be so carried on a plate or support attached to the b-ody of the case thatthe hook may have iree swinging movement in any direction and may be rotated on its axis in any position which it may assume.

A second important object of the invention is to provide an improved arrangement of this class wherein the plate or support is so constructed that the keys may be swung to lie against either side ot the body of the key case to which such support is attached.

A third important object ot the invention is to provide a novel form oit support ttor the key holders which may be made of flexible material., such as leather or the like and wherein swiveling key holders may be held to i lie at will on either side of that portion oi" the body of the key case to which the supporting member is attached.

With the above and other obgects in view as will be hereinafter apparent7 the invention consists in general ot certain novel details of construct-ion and combinations et parts hereina'iter 'fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and speciiically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings like characters ot rel'erence indicate like parts in the several views7 and:

Figure 1 is a view of a key case constructed in accordance with this invention with the case shown open.

Figure 2 is a detail section on the line 2 2 oi' Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section similar to Figure` 2 but showing a. modified form of key holder by means ot' which the key may be positioned on either side of the portion of the case proper.

Figure 4t is a detail view of a moditied form ot supporting member preferably constructed of flexible material.

Figure 5 is a secti-on on the line 6-6 et this modified member.

Figure 6 is a section similar to Figure 3 but showing the modified member.

Figure 7 is an enlarged view of one of the key hooks and its swivel ring.

ton parts 12 riveted to said flaps. Each of the hooks used to suspend the keys is preferably made ot a stripot flat metal bent to form an eye 13 at its upper end and continued downwardly from the eye is a shank 111- which merges into the bight or bottom 15 of the hook. The material is then extended upwardly and toward the shank 14; tor contact. with said shank adjacent the eye .13 and the end ot the hook is bent outwardly to provide a bill 16. Above each eye 13 there is provided an attaching' ringl having a shank 18 which passes through 'the metal of the ring 13 opposite the bottom of the hook and in alinement with the centers of said bottom and the eye 13. Within the eye 13 the shank 18 is flattened or upset to provide a head 19. By this means theV hook is swiveled to the ring 17. In the form of the invention shown in Figures 1 and 2 there is provided a plate 2O which is suitably secured to the portion 10 at its upper part and along the upper edge of this plate there is provided a series of :tingers which are'bent forwardly and downwardly to form supporting eyes 21 engagingthe rings 17. kAs shown in Figure 2 the supporting` eyes 21 do not project over the top of the portion 10 ybut in Figure 3 these eyes are flattened and elongated as at 22 so that one end of each eye lies in frontofthe part 10 while the other end lies to the rear thereof. Thus the ring 17 can be swung to either the full or dotted line positions shown in Figure 3 so that a key suspended on the hook may lie either against the front or the rear side of said portion 10.

In the torm of the supporting member shown in Figures l and 5 a tlat strip of flexible material such as leather or the like is provided with slots 23 and doubled upon itself to form supporting eyes 24 for the rings 17. This doubled strip is sewed to the portion 10 by stitch lines 25. In the form shown in Figure 6 the slots are of sui'icient length that the supporting eyes 26 may lie, as in Figure 3, lwith their ends on opposite sides of the portion 10 and thus the hook and the key carried thereby may be positioned either in front or in back of said portion 10. It will be observed that with this construction the hook can not only be swung in a plane perpendicular' to the axis of the eyes 21 but can also be swung sideways as the ring 17 will slip readily through its supporting eye. Moreover, the hook, and consequently the key carried thereby, may be rotated on the swivel connection to any desired position. Thus a high degree ot' leX- ibility is provided for the attachment of the keys to the key case.

There has thus been provided a simple and efficient device of the kind described and for the' purpose specified.

It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of the invention Without departing from the material spirit thereof. It is not, therefore, desired to conline the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is desired to include all such as properly come.

within the scope claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is: Y

l. In a key case, a body member, a supporting member mounted against one side of the body member and having a series of eyes at its upper edge, the eyes each projecting away from the body member in a relatively short projection and across the upper edge of the body member in a relatively long projection case adjacent the upper edge thereofandl having a series of spaced eyes at the upper end thereof, rings each engaging in a respective eye for free swinging and rotative movement therein, a shank projecting radially from each ring, and key hooks each having an eye at its upper end provided with an opening wheretlirougli the shank of a respective ring passes, the portion of the shank within the hook eye being upset to constitute a head whereby the hook eye is prevented from disengagement from the shank and has tree swiveling movement thereon.

In testimony whereof I a'fiiX my signature.

CHARLES LORBER. 

